It just dawned on me that we are halfway through the year. My first six months of 2014 have been incredibly busy with writing, family, and work.
In January, I was disappointed I didn’t get the grant I’d tried for. I was very disappointed to the point where I thought I’d never have the time or ability to publish my work. The year started rough for me in other ways too. Vicki injured her shoulder so I spent a lot of time helping her.
Between these two things, I thought I would delay more of my writing activities. I thought it would be the end of the year before I would have any progress at all towards publishing.
Here we are though halfway through the year and I’ve managed to help Vicki get better and publish three books. It astounds me that I’ve accomplished so much.
At the same time, I’m not just sitting back and waiting for the money to roll in – because it won’t. I’ve been very busy working on marketing material, contacting independent book stores, and doing research on marketing. I’ve also been editing one book with a second one in the lineup. I also have two more poetry books I’d like to get out there. Plus I have two short story books I’d like to compile.
My daughter also reminded me to go out and google my name to see who was using my material. I did and contacted several people to have them remove copyrighted material from their web site. I had a discussion with one gentleman about whether his taking my picture and material and linking to the original site of the material was an infringement of copyright. Needless to say we did not agree.
On the plus side I found a very nice site that talked about my article on Dutch Ovens (whatscookingamerica.net) in a very complimentary way. I was surprised and pleased by his glowing review.
I graduated college in December, turned 50 in February, and will be celebrating 33 years with my husband this month. I have to keep reminding myself that I’m progressing in the right direction and some things just progress at a slower rate than I would like.
Overall, I’d say the first half of my year has been pretty good. It has had some rough patches but the high points out shine the low ones. Wonder what kind of mischief I can get up to in the second half of the year?
Secret Past:
Available on Barnes and Nobles:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-past-eileen-troemel/1119169953?ean=9781499159868
Available for sale at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/426548
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Past-Eileen-Troemel-ebook/dp/B00JL38Z7C/ref=la_B00JL4PEJ8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398097355&sr=1-1
Moon Affirmations:
Available for sale at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/432900
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Affirmations-Daily-Meditations-Energy-ebook/dp/B00K08TF3K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398791925&sr=8-5&keywords=moon+affirmations
Available on Barnes and Nobles:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moon-affirmations-eileen-troemel/1119387496?ean=2940045859738
Moments in Nature:
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Available at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/437602
Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Moments-Nature-Eileen-Troemel-ebook/dp/B00KBFOWSK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400077630&sr=8-1&keywords=moments+in+nature